Nevada County Historical Society

Brighton House on the corner of Brighton Street and McCourtney Road, 1895. Photo taken by C.M. Weldon. Photo courtesy of Underground Gold Mining Museum, Alleghany, Sierra County.

Our summertime hours of operation are as follows: Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum open Saturday only 9 AM to 4 PM Firehouse No. 1 Museum open Wednesday. to Sunday 1-4 PM... Searls Historical Research Library Monday-Saturday 1-4 PM North Star Mining Museum open Wednesday to Sunday Noon to 4 PM Photo of interior of Firehouse #1 in Nevada City, courtesy of Brian Blair, you can see more of his work here: https://www.flickr.com//whit/albums/with/72157715091602082

Photo of Grass Valley in 1895, taken from the east looking to the west. Where do you think the photographer was standing? Photo by C.M Weldon, courtesy of the Underground Mining Museum, Alleghany, Sierra County.

Big log on a big wheel skidder, somewhere in the woods of Nevada County. PIC 3 LU-5A

Unidentified Mine somewhere supposedly in Nevada County. Does this mine look familiar to anyone? GP Comstock 7. If you have a grasp of Nevada County History and you are interested in helping the Nevada County Historical Society identify literally thousands of unidentified photos we need to sort through, we'd love to have your help. Contact Pat Chesnut : [email protected] or call her at the Museum @ 265-5910 and talk to her about your historical interest and when we get a stack of photos that need identifying according to your interest, we will call you to see if you can help us out. It's great fun, and you will provide a valuable service to the community.

Mountain Top Mine in Nevada City.... looks like Harmony Ridge in the background. GP Tyler-4a

Idaho Maryland Mine Headframe PIC 4-GR 151

Dirt road to Pine Street Bridge. GP-Misc 4

400 West Main St, home of Ernest George. PIC 4-762

1911 View of the Town of Washington, PIC 4-WAS 103

A picnic somewhere near Graniteville. Unknown group of people or location. PIC 4-GRA 28. Looks like they are planning on doing some fishing.

The Underground Gold Miners Museum in Alleghany has a Collection by W.H. Weldon that has a lot of Grass Valley photos of the 1895 era including mines. It's a treasure trove, so I will probably be sharing quite a few of them. This photo is of Dorsey & Co's Team, photo taken by C.M. Weldon in 1895.

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Engine #3. Where on the NCNG Railroad line do you think this photo was taken? PIC 5 TRA-NAR Eng#3-13

View looking up Broad St from Plaza, Nevada CIty.

The Garden Spot Fountain, 1930's at 103 Mill Street. What is the model and vintage of the truck in the photo? PIC 4 GR793

Nevada County Historical Society is STILL on the search for a Volunteer Membership Chairperson. If you are interested in enjoying Nevada County History on a frequent basis and you have the appropriate skills to volunteer to help us out, we are interested. Photo is by Brian Blair of the Searls Law Office- recreated at the NCHS Research Center, you can see more of Brian's work here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitebutton/

Hotel and Lodge at Webber Lake on September 9th, 1952. Photo courtesy of the UC Davis Digital Online Library. Paul Henchey Photo: https://digital.ucdavis.edu/collection/henchey/D-515/d3bt63

Photo of Grass Valley from 1894-1910, taken by D Fricot. Image courtesy of the Online Archive of California. Collection #BANC PIC 1976.034--AX

Nevada County Narrow Gauge Engine #5, looks like in front of the Kidder Mansion. PIC 5 TRA 9. If any local NCNG aficionados want to add any other info, go for it. yes, and by all means don't forget about our own Railroad Museum in Nevada City.

Chinese man packing plums for shipment to the east coast in Grass Valley, CA. No date. Maybe we can get clues from the photo to give us a vintage of the photo? Any ideas? Photo # PIC 3-CHI 107

Grass Valley Public Library in 1942. PIC 4-GR 736

I don't know my sawmill lingo, but here men milling wood in the sawmill in the town of Washington. Unknown date. PIC 4- WAS 18

Lava Cap Mine Crew, 1936. Photo #DR 2-296

Scotchman Creek Debris Dam near the town of Washington in 1942. Pic 4-WAS 37

This is an interesting photo of a couple of players from the "Nevadas" Baseball team. We have no record of this team, and interestingly the glass plate negatives with this and other images were found in an attic of a building which housed "Moore Photo Studio" at some point in history. We believe these to be a local team, but have no direct confirmation. Does anyone have any information regarding the people in the photo or any information about the Nevadas Baseball team? Photo # GP Comstock 44.

Looking up Broad Street, Nevada City from the Kidd-Knox Building in 1929. PIC4 NEV-6 55

Main Street Grass Valley, 1915. PIC 4 GR 41b

Eureka (Graniteville) town photo. Unknown date. Photo courtesy of Plumas County Museum.

An expose on Truckee Fire Department's 1937 Chevy Firetruck.

Gold Hill is just northwest of the Highway 20 & West Empire Street highway Overcrossing where gold in quartz was first discovered in Nevada County, by George Knight on an October Day in 1850. He was walking the hillside and found an outcropping of gold and quartz. GP Comstock 22. Here is the wiki page describing it: https://en.wikipedia.org//Gold_Hill_(Nevada_County,_Califo

Downtown Truckee in the 1930's looking East. Photo courtesy of Donner Summit Historical Society #DSHS0576

A wagon full of freight in front of the NCNGRR freight car in Nevada City in 1921. Photo PIC5 Tra-nar depot 345.

Lawrence & Houseworth Image of Grass Valley, in 1866, taken from Cemetery Hill. Photo courtesy of Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/2002720146/

Rough & Ready Hotel, unknown date. PIC 4-ROU. If you have any historical images of Rough & Ready that you would be willing to share with the historical society, it would be helpful as our collection of Rough & Ready images is meager.

Yuba River Lumber Co Retail Yard on the Grass Valley Highway between Grass Valley and Nevada City, 1948. Eastman Original Photo courtesy of UC Davis Online Digital Library: https://digital.ucdavis.edu/collection/eastman/D-051//C-919

Nevada City, pre-1864 as seen from Prospect Hill. Photo # DR 2-229.